Description
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is correspondence from the 1930s-1940s between the Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Hospitals Committee and various school administrations. Other documents include court cases, requests for financial help, and deeds and property records owned by the Baghdadi Jewish community. There are also architectural drawing plans, contracts, and correspondence discussing price negotiations. This is followed by student files from the 1960s, containing individual student records, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, photographs, and correspondence regarding student affairs. There is a printed booklet notating a teachers’ school service record from 1944. There are collections of receipts from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, the South British Insurance Company, the Rafidain Insurance Company, various local vendors and taxi services, pharmacies, utilities, as well as rosters of patient information and correspondence from the Ministry of Culture of Iranian Schools in Iraq.
AI en Translation, Pages 101-125
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Directorate of Education of ⟦Baghdad⟧ District
Certificates and Statistics
Number / H / 6 /: 22640
Date / 11 /: 11 / 1952
To " - Administrations of ⟦...⟧ official and private secondary schools
⟦line⟧
Please provide us with the following information as soon as possible: -
1 - The number of students who were admitted ⟦...⟧ to the first intermediate and fourth preparatory classes from your school.
2 - The number of those who had passed in ⟦...⟧ 952/51 ⟦...⟧ of those admitted
Provided that the response is organized according to the model outlined below this letter
⟦line⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad District
Copy to
⟦...⟧ Sama
⟦...⟧ Numbered 36641 and the
Certificates and Statistics Observer - for follow-up
Table
Number of those admitted to the first intermediate class for the year 1952 - 1953 | Number of those admitted to the fourth secondary class for the year 1952 / 53 | Number of those admitted to the first intermediate class from primary graduates (Baccalaureate) - for the year 51 / 952 | Number of those admitted to the fourth preparatory class from intermediate study graduates (Baccalaureate) for the year ⟦1951 - 1952⟧
Received / 11
⟦illegible stamp⟧
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⟦illegible⟧ named Rahmi Daoud Dallal ⟦illegible⟧ residents of Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
The marriage contract was concluded four years ago ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Rahma daughter of Moshi Abed
And lost ⟦illegible⟧ the marriage and according to the attendance
⟦the contract⟧ and he traveled to the country and it was issued
That the aforementioned resides today in Bombay
Therefore, the Spiritual Court issued a monthly alimony notice
In the amount of thirty rupees starting from ⟦illegible⟧ 18, and when ⟦illegible⟧
And the judgment was not executed because the person sentenced resides in a country
foreign, and upon the request of the aforementioned Rahma
We have given her this document.
25/1/29
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The Court of Justice of the city of ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad, may God protect it
May its glory be established and its pride be exalted
The Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number
47
⟦illegible⟧
A record of what transpired before us, the undersigned, we the Court of Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
And there came before us ⟦illegible⟧ daughter of ⟦illegible⟧ widow of ⟦illegible⟧ David ⟦illegible⟧ and claimed that her aforementioned late husband left ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On the date of September 7, 922, and under number 771, a decree was issued for the mandatory alimony for Regina ⟦illegible⟧
from her husband Rahmin David Dallal in the amount of thirty rupees per month, and since today
the legal divorce has taken place by the aforementioned Rahmin against his wife Regina, and according to
the termination of the marital relationship between them, it was decided to collect from the aforementioned the alimony
accumulated against him until the date of the divorce, which is May 6, year 924, and to cancel the decree
mentioned starting from the mentioned date, and accordingly, this judgment was issued in person and they were informed
to both parties ⟦illegible⟧
771
10
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⟦illegible⟧ 159 Announcement ⟦illegible⟧
A judgment was issued by the Israeli Spiritual Court
⟦illegible⟧ for alimony for Regina daughter of Moshe Abed against her husband
⟦illegible⟧ Daoud ⟦illegible⟧ in the amount of thirty rupees per month
starting from June 28, 903, and since the aforementioned is residing
in an unknown location ⟦illegible⟧ to this day, it was necessary to announce that
from this date, after one month has passed ⟦illegible⟧ the mentioned judgment
at the execution site
Baghdad Court of First Instance
(607) Announcement
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The Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number:
Before us in the Religious Court here in Baghdad on the day of ⟦...⟧ Elul in the year 5695 of the creation, Mr. Sasson H. Salman HaLevi signed this document
stating
I hereby admit with a complete and full admission from now on, with a whole heart and a willing soul, without any duress and with complete and absolute will and in a manner that cannot be retracted
that I have received from the Committee of the Holy Community of Baghdad a total of ⟦...⟧ (twenty) Iraqi Dinars in full, and this is for the compensation due to me
for I worked for the aforementioned Committee for a period of ⟦...⟧ years as a sexton in the Great Synagogue, and for these compensations I have waived and cleared
any claim or demand that I have against the aforementioned Committee of any kind or type whatsoever, and I have no claim or demand against the aforementioned Committee, neither compensation
nor anything else, and any argument or claim that I may have against the aforementioned Committee is null and void like a broken shard that has no substance
and all this was done with a complete and full acquisition and with the cancellation of all notifications etc. and the disqualification of its witnesses etc. and in an effective manner according to the laws of our Holy Torah, and all the above is valid, clear, and established.
Baghdad ⟦...⟧/Elul/5695
⟦illegible⟧
Sasson H. Salman
Number
806
The notice was given on the date of 25 October 935
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p. 1
The Jewish Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 1924 ⟦illegible⟧ 1924 ⟦illegible⟧ 20 July / 824 / 1924
Yehoshua Moshe
Hakham Bashi
Baghdad
Ezra Dangoor
Hakham Bashi
Baghdad
The notification was issued on January 25, 927 and number
805
⟦signature⟧
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The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number
Before our presence on ⟦...⟧ of Dhu al-Hijjah, year ⟦...⟧ corresponding to ⟦...⟧ of November, year ⟦...⟧
So-and-so, son of so-and-so, appeared
And stated that he ⟦...⟧ from ⟦...⟧ year ⟦...⟧ corresponding to ⟦...⟧ of ⟦...⟧ year ⟦...⟧
<del>Received the amount owed by him ⟦...⟧</del> ⟦...⟧ 28 January 8
1922
Ezra David
Isaac Hayyim
⟦...⟧
Number
802
The notification was issued on April 4, year 9
⟦...⟧
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* The Religious Court of the Holy City *
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number:
Date: 28 ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ from "Abraham Raphael Nissim ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
The humble ⟦...⟧
Cantor ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦wax seal⟧
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Number / 415 / 8
On October 28, year 922
President of the Court of First Instance in Baghdad
Greetings and respect, with reference to your letter numbered 1178 and dated October 18, year 922
We attach herewith the announcement requested to be published by your esteemed department and we have instructed the applicant
to attend and provide the <del>required</del> fee for the mentioned announcement.
Announcement
A judgment was issued by the Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
for alimony for Rahma daughter of Masha Abed against her husband Habib Daoud
Dalal in the amount of thirty rupees per month starting from June 28, year 922
And since the aforementioned resides in an unknown location and has not been notified to this day
that from this date, after the passage of one month, the mentioned judgment
will be placed into execution.
The announcement was required
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CPSI...325...482...1,000 Pads...28-8-23.
G. F. 11.
General Form (11)
From: President of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
To: The Honorable Haham Bashi of the Jewish Community
No.: 1178
Dated: Corresponding to 18 October 1923
Memorandum.
Thanked
After greetings.. With reference to your letter numbered A/415 and dated 15 October 923
Please send the draft of the announcement requested to be published in your aforementioned letter and send the applicant for notification
In order for him to pay the fee, and with much respect to you
The President
W/H
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Court of First Instance
Baghdad
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Notes
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Notes
Notes
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1 - Teacher's name and surname: Daoud Abdel Qader Naeem
2 - His age, date of birth and nationality: 1928 Iraqi
3 - His full address: Baghdad
Khadija 110/158
4 - Married or single: Single
5 - Schools where he studied with the date of each: Ras al-Qarya Primary School in 1938
Al-Rusafa Intermediate School in 1941
Al-Ahliyya Preparatory School in 1943
6 - Certificates he holds with the date of each: High School Certificate, Scientific Branch, year 43/44
7 - Sciences he teaches ::
a - General sciences: Mathematics I
b - Specialized sciences: Physics
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⟦Mr. Daoud Abdullah⟧
⟦Mr. Daoud Abdullah⟧
School Service Record
Israeli Schools in Baghdad
⟦Number⟧
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